#5BB4AA#5BB4AA

#5BB4AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.087 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB4AA
RGB	rgb(91, 180, 170)
HSL	hsl(173, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 49%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 5.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -29.16, -3.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 29.33, 186.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0867 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.087 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8883, 37.7665, 43.8424)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB4AA #B45B65

analogous

#5BB47D #5BB4AA #5B91B4

triadic

#5BB4AA #AA5BB4 #B4AA5B

tetradic

#5BB4AA #7D5BB4 #B45B65 #91B45B

square

#5BB4AA #7D5BB4 #B45B65 #91B45B

split-complementary

#5BB4AA #B45B91 #B47D5B

monochromatic

#2F6660 #429087 #5BB4AA #85C7C0 #AFDAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#5BB4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#5BB4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB4AA

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB4AA	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BB7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 180, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.087 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbc3',
    500: '#5bb4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb4aa;
$custom-light: #90cbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.258,
    "s": 37.238,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71205,
    "c": 0.08718,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB4AA

secondary

#C9A2A7

accent

#5B67CD

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB4AA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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